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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
7
The Chicago Record Herald prints a reflection as the speaker wonders if anyone will mourn after death. The piece questions whether personal deeds will be praised or forgotten as life ends and grave visits begin.
In a crowded Paris salon Madame de Montespan draws eyes as La Rochefoucauld Fontanelle and Racine discuss beauty and wit. Louis appoints and denies, while Tonti confronts Colbert about family rewards and a Bastille past, amid court intrigue and a threat from Miron.
A serialized column explores Molly choosing between two suitors, Jack the steady practical type and Will the brilliant, flirtatious charmer. It weighs temperament, love, social expectations, and the need for a future income, urging caution and personal fit over mere wealth or romance.
In Birmingham a manufacturer laments hard times and cites pay for workmen at eighteen shillings to assemble a watch interior. Mr George Edwards returns to England and counters that even greater wages exist in London with a chimney interior priced at sixpence.
Rev. G Rogerson vicar of Peak Forest Derbyshire has died. He carved monuments to Queen Victoria and the state duke of Devonshire. He aided farmers by plowing thatching and stacking at busy times and helped heal the countryside for miles around.
The article notes that most U S presidents from Washington to Roosevelt were Masons while John Quincy Adams was openly anti Masonic. It highlights a historical split on fraternal affiliation among early leaders.
The article describes a white gauze candle screen with iris spray, stretched in a gilt frame and painted in water colors. It details laying the design with Chinese white and aquarelle medium before finishing with pure colors, and notes candle screen merris in yellow or mauve, mounted on a brass candle clip.
The advice recommends wearing a chiffon veil for sensitive skin and cleansing the face with Venus cream. It provides a historic recipe using spermaceti white wax almond oil cocoa butter lanolin balsam of Peru and orange flower water, to be melted strained cooled and applied with linen then washed off after an hour with tepid water.
Paris municipal council adopts a plan to beautify streets by ornamenting building fronts. A committee chose six buildings with the handsomest façades from last year and awarded medals to the architects. Owners receive tax exemptions.
Regent's Park area still hosts the lone remaining alpha bet street name D Mews. Once many alphabet streets existed, this is the only one whose name has remained unchanged and uncumbered by length.
The article outlines anniversary order from first year to seventy-fifth with key named milestones. It notes only the fifth tenth fifteenth twenty fifth and fiftieth are typically celebrated.
Picture post cards face strict censorship in some continental countries. In Russia, cards bearing the portrait of Tolstoi have been suppressed.
Senator Sorghum notes that political influence depends not only on public speech but also on private conversations. He recalls that some speeches valued by the public were less decisive than private discussions behind closed doors. Public impact can hinge on quiet negotiations and confidences.
The report states white women are scarce in German colonies with 254 in East Africa and 229 in the Pacific islands, highlighting gender imbalances in the empire.
Aboard the clipper Rajah bound for Calcutta in the Bay of Bengal the crew endures a calm day as the skipper vents his temper. The second mate is ordered to lower the gig while Mr Barnes directs the watch. four apprentices aboard prepare for an unusual task at sea.
The Rajah’s crew lowers the gig to haul a sleeping turtle aboard. Captain and crew handle the catch with skill, banding the turtle’s beak, delivering it to the cook, and planning next day’s dinner while the steward negotiates for tobacco. The tale ends with praise for Wiggins and the cook’s satisfaction.
A Boston Globe reprint follows Jamie as he endures gendered expectations. His mother worries about pink curls and girls’ toys until a drastic change transforms him into a “real boy.” He develops manly traits, fists a mirror foe, and prepares to confront a girl tomorrow, signaling a shift in identity.
A humorous exchange where a daughter confesses she married the previous day and her father reacts with surprised approval. The Cleveland Plain Dealer item highlights generational views on marriage, with the daughter arguing maturity and wealth contrasts.
A brief Chicago Rec item notes a witty exchange about a daughter going on stage. The father quips she will not be an actress since the company only stages single-night performances.
A humorous exchange records a judge sentencing a prisoner for a summer hotel matter. The defendant pleads a busy season, arguing for mercy, while the judge imposes eight months in jail after an earlier one month. The brief item reflects a comic courtroom moment.
The Philadelphia Press traces how carriage derives from carrus meaning cart and explains other terms. Cabriolet or cab comes from a French word meaning a goat leap. Omnibus from Latin means for all. Gig from French jig describes its motion. Chaise from chair. Sulky reflects a sulky driver. Coupe from French to cut describes a coach with its front cut off.
A humorous dialogue features a medical student asking a doctor about women physicians. The doctor replies that women are fine and notes that much of their income comes from women, reflecting a Cincinnati Enquirer tone.
Canada asserts North Pole claim and fears encroachment while stressing Arctic waters are ringed by a harsh impassable chill. The note hints at strategic maritime considerations without detailing actions or dates.
Mrs Oldcastle says Mr Hemingway is inclined to be a hypochondriac and the hostess wonders if he is in the coal business in a light exchange from the Chicago Record Herald.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote captures a light domestic exchange as a wife responds to her husband’s insult with calm wit. The husband’s claim of fairness gives way to a measured retort about not taking unfair advantage.
Ohio farmer’s correspondent describes a 14 foot center pike on Springville road near Fostoria Seneca county as the proper road improvement. Surveyed graded rolled crushed stone layered limestone gravel and final rolling produced a solid fast road with rounded berm slopes.
A stone boat is a practical farm tool for moving stones, stumps, rubbish and hauling seed, fertilizer, plows, and implements. The design features runners about six inches thick, natural bend at the forward end, cross boards of hard wood, a top strip, and a essential pole. A mortised chain guide and steel coupling control descent on hills, with bored holes for standards for sideboards as needed.
Professor Farrington argues goats milk is as valuable for butter making as cow milk if the goats are healthy and fed well. He says well taken care of milk with no bad odors may blend with cow milk without noticeable difference and sees no legal restriction on making butter from goat milk.
A poultry writer argues moisture exits eggs mainly by internal pressure, citing weight and size changes in fertile versus infertile eggs. Farmers' Review disputes this, noting infertile eggs lose more moisture. a float test after incubation shows infertile eggs float while fertile eggs sink, supporting greater moisture loss in infertile eggs.
Instructions from Farm and Home describe using meal worms and maggots to feed birds and poultry. It advises procurement of a sheep liver to attract flies for maggots and outlines a method to cultivate meal worms in bran with dampened cloth, suggesting months of growth to yield thousands.
Farm Journal reports odors in a dairy stable as turnips spoiled milk. Two large boxes of turnips found in the stable correlated with off flavor in milk and cream. When milk stood a short time, it became nearly unfit for use.
The passage argues that providing a variety of foods to birds aligns with human expectations and life’s charm, suggesting diversity as key to attracting feathered visitors and enriching daily life.
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